Common Object Request Broker Architecture

EGUIDE: Read this expert tip guide today to discover the business case for deploying a data retention policy amid today's massive data growth.

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 | Published: 25 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this case study to learn how one growing Euopean retailer was able to migrate to an architecture that could support real-time delivery of shop data to the data center for processing and real-time communication of pricing events to its shops using open source integration software.

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 | Published: 07 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Creating solid SLAs will let you save the day when the unexpected happens — and keep aggressive users at bay with a set of written expectations. Check out this brief white paper to learn how to build a better SLA for your organization.

Posted: 01 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: Download the Open Group Service-Oriented Architecture reference architecture.

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 | Published: 17 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Numerous architecture framework standards have been developed and matured over the past decade and the focus of these frameworks is diverse. Many engineers believe there is an ―either or‖ decision to be made regarding these frameworks; however, this is not always the case.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this brief yet insightful paper now to learn about the basic components of information architecture, including master data management and data quality, and learn how Sybase can enable your company to integrate all of these aspects into a complete and holistic information architecture.

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 | Published: 17 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Finding the right storage option for your content management system perticualary, SharePoint, can be a challeneging task. BLOBs are emerging as a soild option for a low-cost and high performing storage.

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 | Published: 28 Oct 2011

CASE STUDY: Read this paper to find out why the FAA's System Wide Information Management program selected four open source service-oriented architecture (SOA) components to combine with its other development and management tools to create an enterprise infrastructure that will be deployed between 2010 and 2015 to support NextGen satellite air traffic control.

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 | Published: 07 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Mobile, social and cloud application complexities are requiring organizations to modernize their application platforms. This IDC paper presents the structural changes and functionality––including lightweight frameworks, in-memory data management, application management, and more––required in order to evolve to a cloud-ready application platform.

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 | Published: 10 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Collaboration Oriented Architectures (COA) describes information architectures that comply with the COA framework, which in turn is described in the associated COA Framework paper1.

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 | Published: 25 Oct 2011

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This paper from the Open Group reveals how banks can benefit from combining complementary industry frameworks on enterprise architecture.

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 | Published: 20 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This technical white paper provides Exadata Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) insight for rapid deployment and efficient operation of Exadata Database Machine, focusing on the areas of: Exadata MAA Architecture, initial deployment, post-deployment Exadata MAA configuration, and Exadata MAA operational best practices.

Posted: 22 May 2012 | Published: 22 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Information Technology as a "service" has benefited from early adopters who've deployed some major solutions. "Converged Infrastructure" is how HP describes the products and processes that use this approach and this reference guide give a business and technical perspective of it.

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 | Published: 18 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This White Paper is intended to help organizations who are attempting to set up an enterprise architecture practice. It shows how organizations can use a modular, iterative, and incremental approach in order to develop an architectural capability that is otherwise a large and complex undertaking.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Learn about the new services available for Office 365 and how you can incorporate them into your enterprise IT portfolio.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces a scale-out NAS software solution for cloud environments designed to meet unstructured data requirements and provide a high-performance, virtualized and centrally managed storage pool. Able to scale both capacity and performance, you'll be able to achieve an unprecedented price/performance ratio without compromise.

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 14 Feb 2012

RESOURCE: Gregor Hohpe and Bobby Woolf documented their combined experience in the integration space and created the book "Enterprise Integration Patterns" (EIP), which has since been adopted as the standard for describing messaging solutions. Check out this deck of flashcards to find definitions of integration design patterns based on EIP.

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 | Published: 08 Dec 2011

EZINE: Object-based storage dispenses with the hierarchical file system, so there are no nested subfolders. Instead, it uses an indexed flatfile structure in which each object is given a unique ID. This issue of IT in Europe includes case studies of how object-based storage products are being implemented in Europe.

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 | Published: 05 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper will compare the projected five-year cost of ownership of the Dell DX platform against tape and network attached storage alternatives, and will examine many of the other important considerations that must go into any smart archiving platform purchasing decision.

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 | Published: 29 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: On October 24, 2005, Hurricane Wilma made landfall in Florida. Damage in Florida alone totaled more than $26 billion, and in some areas power was out for two weeks. This 2-page case study explroes how

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 | Published: 05 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Service-oriented architectures (SOAs) have a lot to offer organizations in terms of efficiency, cost, and agility. But many companies still face SOA-related challenges. Read this paper to uncover the most common challenges faced by companies seeking to embrace SOA and learn about a metadata-driven, model-based approach to overcoming them.

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 | Published: 18 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This technical architecture provides a common foundation of software and hardware infrastructure principles for multiple business applications. The technical architecture provides the framework for interfaces, protocols, standards and products to be used in defining a platform that supports applications across UK public sector organisations.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Enabling Network Centric Operations through the provision of inclusive, adaptive information networks in harsh and rapidly changing situations.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Download this white paper to learn how establishing a proper system of service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance can make a difference during implementation.

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 | Published: 05 Dec 2011

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This eight-page Buyer's Guide on Business Intelligence analyses the factors CIOs and senior IT professionals will need to consider as they plan their BI strategies.

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 | Published: 17 Feb 2012